Over the last week few days, some of the biggest name writers in college basketball (including our buddy T.J. Walker) have descended upon Peach Jam, the biggest AAU event in the country. And over the last few days virtually every single one of them have written the same article, about how the NCAA’s proposed changes to the July college basketball recruiting period are awful and will ultimately hurt the sport. CBS’s Gary Parrish wrote about it here. NBC’s Rob Dauster did the same here. I encourage you to check out both articles.
Now before we get into the meat of this article, let’s first explain what the rules changes are for those of you who might not have been paying attention.